Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. And if the company does go public, the valuations are at least 10x of the last bubble. If not, he still has the option to pivot.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Founding Date: 2004. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Historically more revenue came from distribution/lead-gen (57% in 2007), but this tipped in 2008 though appears to be steady from 2009 to 2010 at about 58% advertising and 42% distribution. Kayak generates both distribution (i.e. Series A Preferred.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits on the inflated valuations (regardless of whether or not the company should have ever been public.) 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.

Silicon Valley 235

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 235

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

One of the earliest and most well-known of the Micro-VC funds was First Round Capital , founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman , a former entrepreneur who sold Half.com to eBay in 2000. However, while YC was growing in prominence & valuation, and scaling the # of companies it was funding every 6 months, something else happened.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. AOL was closed, the Internet was open. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 8, 2019

I waited for the ‘casino-like’ world of startup investing until I was 28 years old, putting $10,000 into a friend’s software distribution company – a tidy sum for me at that age. Valuations. Who does this investor know in the customer, partner and executive space they can introduce you to? The Rolodex.

New Zealand 42

New Zealand Entrepreneur Valuation Dilution 42

thebarefootvc

MARCH 5, 2017

Roomba vacuums, launched in 2004, are an example. As a VC who has built a fund focused on distributed connectivity and data analytics as a thesis, I am realistic about the current status of investment opportunities in the sector. Many teams, while discussing VC investment, were acquired by larger companies for their asking valuations.

Artificial Inteligence 84

Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Valuation Aggregator 84